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JAXA Hayabusa2 Ryugu landing, artist’s conceptionJAXA The fact that most people occasionally have trouble maneuvering a car into a tight space makes it all the more remarkable that the very same species has just parked a satellite onto a small boulder-strewn asteroid hurtling through the universe millions of miles from Earth. The astonishing feat was achieved by Japan’s space agency (JAXA) at about 3 p.m. PT on February 21 when it landed Hayabusa2 on the asteroid Ryugu....

In 2007, Sony introduced video game players to Nathan “Nate” Drake, the modern-dayIndiana Jones. And over the course of fourUnchartedgames, we got to see Nate live up to that billing through a series of thrilling adventures that took place all over the world. Next year, Sony Pictures is celebrating the franchise’s 15th anniversary with a live-actionUnchartedfilm. And now, the firstUnchartedtrailer has arrived. Tom Holland, the star of Marvel and Sony’sSpider-Manfilms, is stepping into the role of Nathan Drake for the film....

Big-screen dreams? This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Valerion’s VisionMaster Pro 2, the flagship laser projector that’s dominated Reddit AV threads and wowed CES attendees, is finally seeing its first-ever price drop. And it’s a good one. For Prime Day 2025, the VisionMaster Pro 2 is 20% off, bringing the price down to $2,389. That’s $600 in savings on what many home theater fanatics consider the best projector in its class....

It’s not going to be long before any phone you want to buy will come with a 5G modem, whether you want to take advantage of the fast mobile data connection or not, and almost regardless of how much the phone costs. One of the first smartphones to push 5G as a feature, theSamsung Galaxy S10 5G, cost $1,299 when it was released in June 2019. Now, you can buy a Samsung 5G phone for a little over $200....

Summary Netflix’s upcoming Lara Croft show looks incredibly promising, but its announcement creates some confusion about Prime Video’sTomb Raideruniverse.Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croftis an upcoming animated series from Netflix that will follow the recent video game trilogy. Despite Hayley Atwell taking center stage as opposed to Croft’s latest voice actor, Camilla Luddington, the newTomb Raider show will still follow the games' timelineand bring a new chapter to the iconic character’s story....

The word refurbished can be a loaded one. Sure, you can get a good deal on some great electronics, or you could wind up saddled with expensive trash. Finding arefurbished productin great condition and as reliable as a new device can feel like winning a treasure hunt and the lottery all at once. With that said, there are risks involved, so make yourself an educated consumer. First, let’s talk about what refurbished really means....

Why John Dutton’s death was always Taylor Sheridan’s plan It turns out that John Dutton’s Yellowstone death, a natural consequence of Kevin Costner’s real-life exit, was always in the cards. When Kevin Costner announced in June 2024 thathe was exiting the series(following rumors and speculation about afeudbetween Costner and Taylor Sheridan), many fans were devastated. After all, John Dutton was the face of the series as patriarch of the Dutton clan....

I reviewed 59 laptops in 2022, ranging from low-endChromebooksto extremely high-endcreative powerhouses. Some of them were thebest laptopsI’ve ever used, and I observed that laptops this year represented a legitimate increase in both quality and value. Simply put, laptops got a lot better in 2022, making it a great time to purchase. Weirdly enough, though, as I look back and pick the laptop that impressed me the most, it wasn’t introduced in 2022....

Bron Breakker is set to defend the NXT Championship against Jinder Mahal on WWE NXT, and this is one of several fights that make WWE NXT worth watching online. TV coverage is being handled by USA Network, which opens up a number of opportunities for watching the WWE NXT live stream. If you’re ready to ditch your cable service, if you already have, or if you just prefer to watch with the portability of a laptop or mobile device, read onward for more details on how to watch the WWE NXT live stream....

The summer movie season has now begun. Last weekend, the box office received some juice thanks to Marvel Studios’Thunderbolts*. While Marvel movies stream on Disney+, DC fans can watch Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman on Max. James Gunn’sSupermanwill eventually stream on Max, but that won’t happen until late this year. If superhero content doesn’t pique your interest, Max remains an excellent streamer for movies due to the Warner Bros. library. Within this library is a sea of underrated movies ready to be streamed....

The Walking Deadwas one of the most popular series on AMC,spawning numerous spinoffs. Some of these were released while the main series was airing, while others debuted after the postapocalyptic horror drama ended its run. Most recently, there has beenThe Walking Dead: Dead City,which is centered around Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), andThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, with Norman Reedus reprising the role of his fan-favorite character. The first and arguably most successful spinoff,Fear the Walking Dead, will end after its eighth season is completed this year....

You can now get up to $5,000 in Amazon credit if you buy a house through Amazon’s newTurnKeyreal estate partnership. The $5,000 incentive was announced Tuesday and includes smart home and home theater equipment along with services like unpacking and cleaning. The deal is part of Amazon’s partnership with Realogy, a real estate service company. If you purchase a home from one of Realogy’s partners, you’ll get an Amazon credit based on the sale price of your new house....

Security software firm Malwarebytes has uncovered an application that employs the computers of unwitting users to mine Bitcoins. Permission to use machines in this way is buried deep in the software’s End User License Agreement (EULA), said Malwarebytes’ Adam Kujawa ina blog posting. Back on November 22 the antivirus outfit received a query from a user about a process that was taking up 50 percent of the resources on his system....